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Part 2

When she arrived, she saw a cub hidden on a branch, while a giant snake, of a emerald green color, was slowly going to him. **"High Ones! No!"** she exclaimed, while the others elves ran to the place. Fox didn't wait: he jumped on the tree and attacked the snake, taking his head with an hand. Then, he took his kife while the snake hissed trying to free himself, crashing the elf up and down for push him away. The knife hit the skin one, two, three, four, five times... and the head of the giant snake fell down in Fox's arms. The elf removed his hair from his face while the cub's mother ran to take her child.

**"Thanks!"** she cried. **"Thanks, Fox!"**

**"You've been great, Fox."** the father said. All the others elves were looking at Fox as a sort of hero, or such.

**"What a courage!"**

**"Well, Fox!"**

Plainswalker, the chieftess, walked to Fox. **"Well done, Fox."** she opensent. **"The tribe needs of elves as you."**

**"Ehm... Plainswalker?"** GreenBranch asked. But nobody was looking at her, all were still admiring Fox's courage. With a sigh, she came back to her deer, she took it on her shoulders, and walked at the holt. The deer was heavy but she felt better thinking they would admire also her, for it. **"We're almost.. at home... Nightbow..."** she sent weakly. But when she arrived, she realized nobody looked at her deer: all the others were speaking with Fox, just surrounded by the more flirting maidens of the holt. **"Tribemates! I've got..."** she started. One of the elves turned to her.

**"We haven't time for you, now, Greenbranch! Fox just saved the life of one of our cubs!"**

Greenbranch felt all her happiness falling around her. Obiouvsly she wasn't a hero, not now that her brother saved a life.

**"But..."** she started.

The elf turned, now a bit tired of this all.

**"Listen, Greenbranch, we haven't time for a cub now. Go to play with your wolf and left us speaking with your brother."**

Greenbranch almost screamed. So she was looked as a cub? Not a huntress? Oh, obiouvsly she was only the little sister of Fox the great...

Nightbow raised his eyes to her.

**"No cry."** he sent when he saw tears falling from her cheecks.

**"Let's go back, Nightbow."** she sobbed in a locksent. **"There's no place for us here."**

**"And deer?"**

**"Leave it."** Greenbranch sent without turning. **"This isn't matter what I caught."**

She ran until when she was alone, then she sat, her head between her hands, and left tears falling from her brown eyes.

**"Why? Why? Why I have to be only Fox's little sister?"** she sobbed. The desperation left the place to a terrible anger. **"Only because he killed a stupid old half-blind snake! They haven't the right to think he's better than me! It isn't just!"** The deep growl in her troath changed into a sad and angry ouptraged scream.

"Hooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"

She started howling, but tears suffocated her howl, transforming it in a cry that resounded all around her. More she heard her voice, more she cried of anger, of sadness, for the injustice she felt. When she opened her eyes, she realized there was an elf in front of her. Plainswalker. The chieftess was staring at her with raised eyebrow. She realized her scream wasn't resounded only around her. Probably she worried also the ones who were happy for Fox's win.

**"I... I'm sorry, my chieftess."** she sent weakly, avoiding to look Plainswalker. While she still waited for being called stupid cub by the chieftess, she felt an hand on her shoulder. When she raised her head, Plainswalker said:

**"You're not more little Greenbranch. From now, you'll be Nightcry."**

**"Nightcry? I?"** her eyes opened wide.

**"You. Good luck... Nightcry."** with the shadow of a smile in her eyes, Plainswalker turned and left her.

**"All right, Greenbranch?"** Nightbow asked to his elf-friend. She looked at him.

**"Do not call me so more, Nightbow. Now I'm changed. Now I'm Nightcry."** she sent, with a smile, holding her wolf, her best friend, and howling to the Mother Moon.